The city building inspector in Concord, New Hampshire, suspects faulty connections between the rafters and the attic joists caused the roof of a two-story Colonial to slide off last week.Code ...

The city building inspector in Concord, New Hampshire, suspects faulty connections between the rafters and the attic joists caused the roof of a two-story Colonial to slide off last week.Click to ...

Dublin, June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "I-Joist Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

Floor joists are sawed from logs. They often have inconsistent crowns to them. A crown is a hump in the floor joist. Humps and floor tile don’t play well together.

Some demolition is done on the old ell to prepare it for renovation, while ceiling joists and roof rafters go up in the new section of the house. Yahoo Entertainment ...

A standard I-joist is normally 8 feet to 24 feet in length, but I have seen much longer I-joists. With longer I-joists, a center support beam or header will be needed to prevent "bouncing" floors.

The city building inspector in Concord, New Hampshire, suspects faulty connections between the rafters and the attic joists caused the roof of a two-story Colonial to slide off last week.

Ceiling joists are the horizontal framing members that span your ceiling, supporting materials such as drywall and light fixtures and transferring the weight of the roof and rafters to load ...

Rafters are made from sloped framing boards of dimensional lumber -- usually 2x8s or 2x10s -- connecting the roof peak, known as the ridge board, to the plates of the exterior walls. They are ...

Roof rafters shouldn't be insulated By By Peter Hotton Globe Correspondent March 13, 2011 Q: My girlfriend is convinced that we would save on heating expenses if we insulated between the roof rafters.